Fannie Mae is helping to alleviate some of the additional responsibilities servicers take on during post-foreclosure sales on reverse mortgage loans. In a Sept. 18 announcement, the GSE updated its policy and said it will now take responsibility for ground rents, co-op fees and assessments, and property taxes for certain properties in Fannie’s real estate- owned inventory. The policy change is applicable to all reverse mortgage loans. Last year Fannie also took on additional responsibilities from servicers for post-foreclosure sales. The GSE announced it would pay property taxes for acquired properties with a foreclosure sale date or final acceptance of an executed mortgage release after July 7, 2017.
However, bankers and advisors who ply their trade in the MSR market have told Inside Mortgage Finance there is adequate financing available to nonbanks.
The commercial-banking sector isn’t running away from the mortgage-servicing business the way it did a few years ago, but aggregate figures show the industry continues to favor whole loans over mortgage servicing rights. [Includes two data charts.]
Although servicing brokers posted brisk sales figures for the first half of the year, the third quarter has been tepid, with buyers catching their breath while trying to figure out their next move.
Strong growth in originations of non-qualified mortgages in recent years has helped the sector gain market share. Lenders in the non-QM market suggest that originations are set to continue to increase, with a 10 percent share of total originations seen as a reasonable goal.
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